Category: Pilatus Porter Flying

As we had very little flying going on in Nabire and our Wamena aircraft went tech due to a faulty artificial horizon, I flew our Nabire Porter across to Wamena for a few days to help cover whilst the engineers...

“You guys really should be in a TV show or something. Maybe like ‘Ice Pilots’ or ‘Flying Wild Alaska’ or something?” – comments I’ve been told many times over by various people who know what I do for a living....

I get a lot of satisfaction out of my job every day I go flying but just occasionally, something extra pops up to make a flight just the little bit more satisfying. Usually that’ll be going to some new airstrip...

Maybe it’s all the sunshine we’ve been having here in Papua these past couple of weeks or probably just coincidence but whatever the reason, there seems to be a lot more traditionally dressed folk about the mountain villages currently. That...

Now, I’m not going to get all political here and wade in on who I think should win but will instead fill you in on some of the logistics involved with this mammoth election of the world’s third largest democracy,...

Well, it’s certainly good to be back flying the Porter again. Even after over two months away from flying it, getting into the seat and firing up the PT-6 felt like second nature; it’s like I’d barely been away! It’s...